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A Comparison of Written Preferences and Actual Performance of Science Students during Problem Solving Tasks.
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Dunlop, David L.; Fazio, Frank – School Science and Mathematics, 1979
The relationship between a student's stated preference for solving a problem and his/her actual problem methodology, concrete or abstract, was studied. Comparisons were made between formal and nonformal students. (MP)
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Cognitive Development, Problem Solving, Research
A Study of Abstract Preferences in Problem Solving Tasks and Their Relationship to Abstract Ability and Formal Thought.
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Dunlop, David L.; Fazio, Frank – 1975
Investigated, within a Piagetian framework, was the degree of abstract preferences exhibited by five different grade levels of science students as they completed eighteen problem solving tasks. Three hundred twenty-nine randomly selected students from five grade levels, ranging from eighth grade to college seniors, were given the Shipley Test of…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Attitudes, Cognitive Development, Concept Formation